The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-08-24
cake ought to be lighter than the Hghtest
of sponge cakes.
Farm n otes.

One of the most profitable ways of ap-
plying ashes is sowing them broadcast over
newly seeded ground.
Rotation in crops is the surest and safest
plan in farming, and when one or two
years of pasture shall be included in the
rotation the benefits will be still greater.
The successful establishment of cream
cries and cheese factories in Mississippi and
other Southern states, has given a ne Y i'm
petus to dairy interests in the South.
The annual honey crop is about 100 000,-
0O0 pounds. and it's value is probably about
S10,000,0 600. This would give for the al
nual value of the production of honey aud
bees-wax about SIG, 600 000,-American Bee
Journal.
A few Jumps of charcoal with a box of
wood ashes placed in hog pen will pre-
vent many ills arising from indigestion in
hogs. The charcoal should be fresh. Old
charcoal may be renewed by heating it in
the stove for few minutes.
While horned cattle are always profit
able to raise, flock OF sheep is equally or
more profitable. Both cattle and sheep
have place on the farm, and that Is the
best farm, and the owner is the best farm
er, where both animals are found side by
side.
The more important point in making
pigs profitable is to make them useful. To
a limited extent this is done by making
the pig scavenger for the removal of re-
fuse that would ,otherwise become even
more offensive than when it passes through
the pig.
Store beets, carrots parsuips and tur-
nips in bins in the cellar, and pack them
ia dry sand or earth, and they will keep
well for winter use. This method will en-
able the farmer TO use them at any time,
which will not be the case If they be stored
in mounds in the open air.
For growing eucumbeIs, squashes or SIM
liar plants put sawdust or rotten wood
about them. Those who have never tried
cucumbers on strong bushy stakes like pea
sticks will be surprised to note how they
enjoy it. Tomatoes do better trained to
stout sticks than any other way.
The New England Farmer tells of farm
er who made fortune the past season from
thirty acres of onions. Others should not
60 into onion raising to excess because of
his unusual success. He stored his crop of
1900 bushels for the larger spring plic 3,
and met with good success.
Meadows that have ceased to give good
crops may be renewed cheaply by turning
the sod soon after cutting, then harroW
thoroughly at intervals for fortnight, and
before autumn rains re sed with timothy
ana such other varieties of grass as may be
suited to soil and situation. Husband
man.
In using tarred paper for roofs consid.
Grafton must be given to the fact thSt IN
less the paper be securely fastened so that
the wind cannot get under it the roof will
be easily destroyed during the prevalence
of a very high wind. Paper roofs are ex
cellent, provided they be properly put on
Sassafrss is nuisance in any field. but il
cannot be destroyed very easily except By
grubbing il out, removing all the roots
Being hardy and persistent plant it mus
be killed in its younger stages If allo wed
i to overrun field IL will entail nearly as
much labor as is required to clear new
| land from brush.
AL kinds OF honey plants are not favor
! able to all locations; the Eastwood will moi
/ grow where il is wet and marshy. In sucl
| places willow, golden-rod and Spanish
needles grow abundantly, and in such 10
calities bees may have very little surplu
| in the early part of the season, while IL
autumn they will have every cell filleC
with the most delicious honey.
The expensive tools necessary to success
| full farming soon wear out unless vel
taken care of. A little thoughtful care il
housing tools when not IN use will result
IN many dollars saved. During the season
of use, when housing is hardly practicable
! whenever work ceases for day, q cauva
to throw over a self-binder or threshiu;
machine will pay for its cost many time
over.
An increase in the corn average OF th
country over last year of about 1900 90
acres or per cent, is estimated by TIA
department of agriculture. The averag
condition of winter wheat is 95.7 per cent.
| and of spring wheat is 10 3. Other averag
conditions are reported as follows: Corn
80; winter rye, IS; spring rye, 81 3; barley
80 g.; oats, 81; potatoes, SO; tobacco, 81
! cotton, 81.
Grease of any kind will destroy lice OIL
cattle, but the use of grease to great ex
| tent will iDjure the cattle. II a single AMI
NAL be infested with lice all the others will
soon be in the same condition. A pound
of carbonate of lime mixed with bushe
of fine, dry dirt freely scattered On tn,
backs of the animals is harmless remedy
and will prove successful If used daily.
These having spots shout the home 81
shady that grass will not grow may rely
upon the hardy ferns for embellishing
Wild ferns abound in all parts of the
country in woods and waste places, aul
can usually be had for the digging. Ever
If one be obliged to depend upon the nur
series there can be nothing serious in thu
case, for the best kinds are loW-priced, anS
they chip and grow readily.
An exchange remarks that a poor, neg
lected flock can be brought uD by prope
care and feed, aud made to improve from
year to year, but great care must be exer
cised in the selection of rams. In breed
ing ii is not necessary, but it is Ruch bet
| TER than selecting poor, scrawny, ill-breC
ram from another strain. A long-leggsd
long-necked, thin-wooled buck is dear prop
erty at any price.
Wheat fed whole to laying fowls, am
wheat screenings or cracked wheat fed t
| young chicks, have always produced tn
most desirable results, though 1t must b
remembered that 1t must not be used in tn
same quantities as corn, or preparations
corn. The tendency of wheat is to pro
duce healthy growth, feed the muscula
tissues and aid materially in causing tn
hens to lay often and rich eggs.
WOMEN are compelled to such cours
of life that their constitutions are boxer
and they become nervous and weak bef0r
they reach the years of maturity. Mas
sachusetts physician has discovered foo
plant called Moxie that restores this con
dition as a food. Nervousness and tn
tired out feeling go like magic, while
makes them feel stronger. 1t is havore
into luscious beverage, which is sold a
the soda fountains by druggists and deal
ers generally. 1t is a great favorite wit
the women and sells very cheap. 1t
thought it will become the national beV